Dark Floors

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Dark Floors – The Lordi Motion Picture
Theatrical release poster
Directed byPete Riski
Written byPekka Lehtosaari
Story by
Produced byMarkus Selin
Starring
CinematographyJean-Noel Mustonen
Edited by
  • Antti Kulmala
  • Joona Louhivuori
  • Stefan Sundlof
Music byVille Riippa
Production
companies
  • The Icelandic FilmCompany
  • Kisi Production
Distributed by
Release date
  • 8 February 2008 (2008-02-08)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryFinland
LanguageEnglish
Budget€4.2 million[1]
Box office$645,855[2]

Dark Floors – The Lordi Motion Picture is a 2008 English-language Finnish

Beast Loose in Paradise, is featured in the end credits of the film.[3][4][5]

Plot

A young,

autistic girl at a hospital holds the key to defeating other-dimensional monsters that seek to kill everyone.[3]

Cast

Production

Budget

The full budget of Dark Floors reached $4.3 million (U.S.), making it one of the most expensive films made in Finland. Most of the budget was spent on special effects design, set construction, and a large marketing campaign, along with the post-production process.

Scenery and special effects

The sets were the largest constructed in Finland, taking up 1,700 square metres during the basement carpark scene. It was originally planned to shoot the film on location in the Baltics, but Oulu was chosen instead, with special effects used to replicate a city when necessary. The production team visited hospitals to research the workings of an X-ray, thereby adding both credibility and authenticity to the CGI-rendered X-rays shown. When principal photography was completed, the extended post-production phase was launched, including the insertion of Awa's ghostly appearance.

Release

Marketing

The film was originally intended to premiere in 2007, at the Eurovision song contest in Helsinki, whose opening number, featuring Lordi, with a performance of "Hard Rock Hallelujah". Unfortunately, the team could not finish their tasks in time; moreover, Lordi were already putting final touches on their Bringing Back the Balls to Europe tour. Post-production was therefore expanded into May of the same year, and was eventually rescheduled to December.

The press conference was held at the Cannes Film Festival the weekend of 19 and 20 May 2007. Lordi appeared personally, as did director Pete Riski, producer Markus Selin, and virtually all the leading actors. All involved responded to questions, and shared unusual anecdotes on making the film.

Dark Floors was slowly 'leaked' by way of a marketing campaign, and the press were permitted to witness the production of Kita's lift scene, although everything else was kept under wraps.

Home media

The film was released in the United Kingdom on DVD (

BBFC for "strong bloody violence and horror".[7]

Reception

Derek Elley of

Twitch Film called it "a tightly plotted, exceptionally well shot thrill ride".[11] Ian Jane of DVD Talk rated it 1.5/5 stars and wrote that the film does not exploit its visuals or interesting premise.[12] David Johnson of DVD Verdict wrote, "Straight out of Finland—ghosts, demons, autism, and heavy metal combine for one of the more interesting and out-there haunted hospital movies to come around in quite some time."[13]

References

  1. Screen Daily
    . Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  2. Box office Mojo
    . Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  3. ^ a b Solar Films Archived 19 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "dark floors -arvostelu – Arvostelut.net". Arvostelut.net<!. 5 March 2009. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 2 May 2009.
  5. ^ Helsingin Sanomat (6 February 2008). "Lordi-elokuvan avausviikonloppu oli vaisu – HS.fi – Viihde". HS.fi. Retrieved 2 May 2009.
  6. ^ DVD Times – Metrodome in April
  7. ^ BBFC – Dark Floors classification information
  8. ^ Elley, Elley (27 August 2008). "Review: 'Dark Floors'". Variety. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  9. ^ "Dark Floors (Finland release) (V)". Bloody Disgusting. 23 February 2008. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  10. ^ Siebalt, Joshua (24 July 2008). "Dark Floors (DVD)". Dread Central. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  11. Twitch Film. Archived from the original
    on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  12. ^ Jane, Ian (2 November 2008). "Dark Floors". DVD Talk. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  13. ^ Johnson, David (7 November 2008). "Dark Floors". DVD Verdict. Retrieved 5 March 2015.

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